More Fun Figures Britains Packaging, I have some more interesting figures that I acquired in the UK and from my latest purchase. Next, we have an uncommon packaging for a Britains Mountie.
More Fun Figures Britains Packaging
One of the items I discovered in the collection that I purchased was a Britains Mountie on a card. This was done by Lesney Products of Canada.
The back of the card gives the history of the Mounties. I figured it was done as a souvenir in Canada. I send photos to Paul Morehead of Plastic Warrior. He said that the card was common over in the UK. No matter to me it is an unusual item for the United States as Reeves had the exclusive on Britains.
This figure was part of the collection I bought last week. It is a Polish figure from PZG SP. I figure it is a Polish soldier and is about 2 1/4 inches tall.
I picked up these figures in the UK. The Indians are by Bonnie Bilt but in soft plastic. They were only done in hard plastic in the United States. The pirates are downsized copies of Thomas Toys-Poplar.
The final figure is a swoppet figure. I checked with Erwin and he did not recognize it. I sent it to Paul Morehead and he immediately recognized it was from Speedwell. Speedwell was a small English company that made some interesting figures such as Robin Hood and copies of Marx Roy Rogers. Paul said it is uncommon (rare).
What is the height of your Canadian Mountie ?
I have one that is about 8″ in height .
When I get home from vacation , I will measure it and take a photo of it .
What is the height of your Canadian Mountie ?
I have one that is about 8″ in height , without a card .
When I get home from vacation , I will measure it and take a photo
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The pirates should by the one made by KOHO and and base in Poplar set .
Speedwell figure looks like a mix british soldier with wrong pants no pockets ,unrecognized tunic with a shotgun or western era weapon ,that made it even rare.Wonder what army they tried to made and if more poses.
Wish a Company(Hint AIP) would produce a 54MM set of 1939 Polish Army.
It used to chafe my chaps back in the day that Mountie figures never appeared in “Action poses” firing weapons etc,I wasn’t aware of Starlux which did some shooting Mounties,always seemed to just be marching or mounted on horses with Lance pointed straight up.
Wish a Company would put out a 54MM set of 1939 Polish Army.
Speira Miniatures has Polish soldiers of 1939. They look very nice. 3D printed.
Thanks for the hint. Haven’t looked at Speira for a while. They added up a lot new to their range. Just ordered a bunch of Polish Army.
PZG did at least three (marching, advancing, standing firing) Polish 1939 Army foot figures in about 54mm. Due to thick bases towering up to 58 mm. Plus a number of 1939, five maybe more. These on parade and not in attack.
Thank you Markus for the information ,i have several recently made new catalogs about polish made figures .I have most Napoleonic and Cossacks /medieval set poses in my collection ,but ww2 or post- soviet era i only have few poses .Is hard to get them intact as very limited produced and plastic is not good quality ,especially in regards to weapons and arms .
best regards
Just see I forgot to add up of course 1939 CAVALRY on parade and checked I have six poses. PZG did a surprisingly wide range of figures. Covering many unique areass of Polish history up to Airfix copies. Plus a good number of Wild West and figures up to 100mm. Very special the character figs of
https://pl.ign.com/czterej-pancerni-i-pies/23432/review/inni-pancerni-choc-ci-sami-recenzja-komiksu-czterej-pancerni-i-pies
Four tankmen and a dog.
Many hard to find pieces and poor plastic is a real problem.